Clarion 1946-04-12 Vol 25 No 07

Pre -View of Vet's Dorm
THE BETHEL CLARION
VOL. XXV—No. 7
Bethel Junior College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minn. -APRIL 12, 1946
Bethel Building Program Advances
Men's Dorm, Vet's Building
Take Shape on Campus
This week Bethel College and
Seminary has been holding a
"Deeper Life Week" with Rev.
John Linton,' outstanding preacher
and teacher as speaker. Rev. Lin-ton
has been speaking at chapel
services and evening prayer meet-ings
throughout the week, and will
bring his last message at the meet-ing
tonight. Maurice Lundh has
assisted as song leader at all of
the services.
Rev. Linton was born and raised
in Edinburgh, Scotland, and his
speech betrays his Scotch back-ground.
His wife was born in Eng-land,
and they now have their
home in Wheaton, Illinois. Rev.
Linton has been preaching in Tor-onto,
Canada, and will return there
after his stay in the Twin Cities.
He has written several books,
including "Walking on Water,"
"Tears in Heaven," "Devil's Bird
The Clarion is facing a problem
that comes up nearly every year.
Frankly stated, we have lost near-ly
all of our workers, and the jab
of publishing the paper is coming
to rest more and more on the
shoulders of a few individuals.
That works a hardship both on the
individuals, whose time and energy
is thus demanded and on the paper
itself, since it loses perspective
and life when a couple of students
try to print it alone.
I think as long as the school has
had a publication of this sort, its
editors have been crying for help.
On Monday and Tuesday, April
8 and 9, the Sunday School Cora-mission
of the Minnesota Baptist
Conference held a "School for the
Prophets" at Bethel Seminary.
Preachers, teachers, and pre-minis-terial
students were invited to at-tend
the school, the primary pur-pose
of which was to instruct pas-tors
in the art of visitation and
canvassing in a community.
Rev. Martin W. Samuelson of the
Bethel Baptist Church in Duluth,
and Rev. Ned Holmgren of the
Stanchfield Baptist Church were
the speakers at the school, each
man speaking four times during
the two days. Rev. Samuelson's
subject was "The Church in its
Cage," "Household Salvation," and
one on which he is still working,
"The Rapture."
The week of meetings was spon-sored
by the Religious Council of
the school.
If you were to go through the
files of former editions, you would
be surprised if not amused at the
regularity with which such appeals
appear. Every editor has had the
same trouble. Workers whom he
thinks to be faithful and true find
the business of publishing a paper
very uninteresting and drift away
to other activities. It happens ev-ery
year.
We are asking students who are
interested in newspaper work to
use whatever talents they may
have for the remainder of this
year. We intend to reorganize our
whole setup, with a view to mak-
Out-Reach in the Community."
Rev. Holmgren spoke on "The
Holy Spirit in the Book of Acts."
There were sessions Monday af-ternoon
and evening and Tuesday
morning and afternoon. The ses-sions
usually included a forty min-ute
message and twenty minutes
of discussion. The school was dis-missed
at four o'clock on Tuesday.
A program of visitation was actu-ally
carried on in this community
on Monday evening, under the dir-ection
of Harold Carlson, pastor
of the Snelling Avenue Baptist
Chapel.
On Wednesday, March 28, 1946,
faculty members, students and
friends of Bethel gathered on the
northeast corner of our campus to
witness t h e cornerstone-laying
ceremonies for the new boys' dor-mitory.
Dr. Carl J. Burton, presi-ing
the work of the staff as sys-tematic
as it ought to be. We at'e
asking you, for the good of the
paper, and because the job is too
large when handled by a few peo-ple,
to come in and help us. We
realize that most students have
rather full schedules, but take
time off for this service. If we
can efficiently divide the work
among many rather than among
a few, it will mean much less work
for each individual. The meeting
for re-organization will be held in
the Clarion office next Thursday
at 2:00 P. M.
Chorus Trip Cancelled
The Bethel Male Chorus' sched-uled
trip to the West Coast has
been cancelled, it was announced
last week by the group's president,
Warren Magnuson. The reasons
for the cancellation, said Magnu-son,
were numerous and compli-cated,
but the length of the tour
was the biggest factor. The trip
was to have covered a total of
nineteen days, and would have tak-en
the singers to about fifteen
churches in Washington and Ore-gon.
At the beginning of the spring
quarter, the chorus was reduced
to about half of its original size,
some of the men being ineligible
because of scholastic standing, and
others not desiring to miss the
amount of school-work that would
be necessitated 'by the trip.
dent of the school board, placed
a metal box in the cornerstone
containing a Scofield Bible, the
Standard, the Clarion, the minutes
of the last school board meeting,
a student directory, the Pioneer
Press headline: "Way Paved For
Atomic Power," the conference an-nual,
"Advance," and the College,
Seminary, and promotional bulle-tins.
The $100,000 structure will house
89 students and will be dedicated
during the Baptist General Confer-ence
of America which meets here
June 26-30. It will be ready for
occupancy next fall.
On Saturday of the same week
the contractors also began work
on the married couples', or veter-an's
apartment, which will be lo-cated
on Arona Ave. The structure,
which will contain thirty-two
apartments, will be two stories
high, with twelve apartments on
each floor and eight in the base-ment.
The apartments will be one-room
units with adjoining kitchen-ette
and bath, and each will be
completely furnished.
It is necessary that sixty per
cent of the occupants be ex-ser-vicemen
and their families. Res-ervations
for the apartment have
been practically all filled for the
fall of 1946.
B.W.A.Meeting
Set for Today
An Easter cantata entitled Be-cause
I Live will be presented at
the B. W. A. meeting on Friday,
Aprjl 12.
The girls taking part in this con-tata
are Lois Norberg, reader;
Ruth Rask, Marion Lund, Marion
Johnson, Jeam Hamlet, Deloris Er-ickson,
Annella Krueger, Myrtle
Krueger, Carol Peterson, Phyllis
Anderson and Grace Jorgenson,
singers.
The B. W. A. cabinet has ar-ranged
this very fine program.
Girls, let's all try to attend this
special Easter meeting.
Ruth Anderson and her commit-tee
are now planning the annual
formal B. W. A. banquet which will
be held on May 7th at 6:30 P. M.
in' the dining hall.
The group is making plans now
for a shorter concert tour of about
five days. It is also planned to
present a -number of isolated con-certs
between now and May 20.
Several of the members, who drop-ped
out of the chorus because of
the long west coast trip have now
returned to their former positions.
Dr. John Linton Speaks
At Deeper Life Week
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"School for the Prophets"
Meets at Seminary
CHRIST Is RISEN"
Page 2 THE BETHEL CLARION
John Ruskin, in one of his es-says,
points to a striking fact ,in
the production of works of art,
and particularly, of architecture.
Says he: "A nation cannot be
affected by any vice or weakness
without expressing it, legibly, and
forever, either in bad art, or by
want of art; and there is no na-tional
virtue, small or great, 'Which
is not manifestly expressed in all
the art which circumstances
able the people possessing that
virtue to produce." Again he says,
"If there is indeed sterling value
in the thing done, it has come of
sterling worth in the soul that did
it."
The principle enunciated by Rus-kin
may be called "The Unfailing
Harmony of Life." It declares the
certain correspondence between
man's inner and outer life. Inner
evil will manifest itself in outward
evil, and inner goodness will mani-fest
itself in outward goodness.
The Scriptures are clear in this
principle of the harmony of man's
inner and outer life. The Book of
Proverbs says : "As he thinketh
within himself, so is he," and,
"Keep thy heart with all diligence:
for out of it are the issues of life."
Jesus in rebuking the hypocritical
religionists of his day said, "Ye off-
"The Great Father above is a
Shepherd Chief. I am His and with
Him I want not. ,
"He throws out to me a rope,
and the name of the rope is LOVE.
"He draws me, and He dray.- s
me, and He draws me to where
the grass is green and the water
is not dangerous; and I eat and
lie down satisfied.
"Sometimes my heart is very
weak and falls down, but He lifts
it up again and draws me into a
good road. His name is Wonder-ful.
"Sometime, it may be very soon,
it may be longer, it may be a long,
long time, He will draw me into a
place between mountains. It is
dark there, but I will not draw
back. I will not be afraid, for it is
spring of vipers, how can ye, being
evil, speak good things? For out
of the abundance of the heart the
mouth speaketh. The good man out
of his good treasure bringeth forth
good things: and the evil man out
of his evil treasure bringeth forth
evil things."
One may attempt to put on an
attractive and virtuous exterior,
while ugliness and vice rule with-in,
but he is deceiving no one
as much as himself. The mold of
inner motive and aspiration has an
irresistible way of stamping itself
upon the outward expression of
life.
An appreciation of the applica-tion
of this principle in our indi-vidual
lives will convince us of
the importance of heeding the ad-monition
: "Be not conformed to
this world, but be ye transformed
by the renewing of your mind."
A life becomes strong and beauti-ful
and virtuous from within, and
then only when the center of life
is Christ. "Christ liveth in me."
That is the secret of outward love-liness
and strength.
Jesus the Light of the World,
Jesus the Light of the world!
May His Light by my Light, --
So others may see
Jesus the Light of the world.
in there between these mountains
that the Shepherd Chief will meet
me, and the hunger I have felt. in
my heart all through this life will
be satisfied.
"Sometimes He makes the love
rope into a whip, but afterwards
He gives me a staff to lean on.
"He spreads a table before me
with all kinds of food. He puts
His hands upon my head and all
the 'tired' is gone. My cup He
fills it till it runs over.
"What I tell you is true, I lie
not. These roads that are 'Away
ahead' will stay with me through
this life; and afterward I will go
to live in the 'Big Tepee' and sit
down with the Shepherd Chief for-ever."
Now upon the first day of the
week, very early in the morning,
they came unto the sepulchre,
bringing spices ... with them. And
they found the stone rolled away
from the sepulchre. And they en-tered
in, and found not the body
of the Lord Jesus. And it came
to pass, as they were much per-plexed
thereabout, behold, two
How true it is that "the meaning
of life to you and me depends upon
how far we see."
We are told of a wealthy young
man who kept a stable of thor-ough-
bred horses and whose hobby
was to train young horses for the
races, though he himself, knew
very little about the business.
An older man who had spent a
life-time with horses warned the
young man that the horses he had
chosen would never make the
tracks.
The older man then pointed out
a young horse and said, "Now,
this one will make a racer."
"How do you know?" questioned
the younger man.
"You can tell by the eyes. Note
that this horse has a far-away look
in his eyes. Here is your race
horse. You have there that which
betokens vision of a distant goal,
and that vision is usually identi-fied
also with a deepseated deter-mination
and subsequent prog-ress."
Said Phillip Brooks to those high
school boys in Boston: "What kind
of men do you want to be at forty?
Do you want to be intelligent and
well read? Do you want to be
strong in character, honest and
trustworthy? Do you want to be
kind and benevolent? Have you
drawn the picture?
"Very well, begin now to be that
kind of man—or you will not be
be that kind of man at forty."
Moses' marvelous success and
leadership was all due to the vis-ion
of the unseen—"For he en-men
stood by them in shining gar-ments.
And as they were afraid ...
they said unto them, "Why seek ye
the living among the dead? He is
not here, but is risen: remember
how he spake unto you ... saying,
`The Son of man must be delivered
into the hands of sinful men, and
be crucified, and the third day
rise again.
dured as seeing Him who is in-visible."
And that is true of every
genuinely successful person today.
There must be "a light that never
yet was seen on sea or land" if
the deep spirit of man is to thrive
—forward.
"Not of the sunlight,
Not of the moonlight,
Not of the starlight,
0, young mariner,
Down to the haven,
Call your companions,
Launch your vessel,
Crowd the canvas,
And over the margin,
Ere it vanishes—
After it, follow it,
Follow the gleam."
The Harmony of Life
By Prof Reuben Omark
Indian's 2 3rd Psalm
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Hold Fast to Ideals
While on the bus, Nell Larson
brushed her teeth after a mid-morning
snack.
Jackie and Grace were really
studying. Well, at least they had
their books open. Mr. Archerd,
please take note!
Marjorie Erickson was o r
Thursday morning chapel speaker.
Her topic was Why I am Interest-ed
in Missions in India. Special
music for this impressive service
was furnished by Donella and
Petie who played I'm Popeye the
Sailor Man.
Vannie Hedstrom was seen put-ting
up her hair as she walked
down main street in Lytton, Iowa.
Girls—your mothers didn't give
you permission to hitch-hike even
if the bus did get a flat tire.
Gladys Carlson, perched on top
of the front seat, led the girls in
their Thursday afternoon chorus
rehearsal.
Bill Haring held the most en-vied
position of handsome escort
for fifty girls. Firemen and Chi-cago
wolves wanted to trade, but
we're glad Bill didn't.
Glenn Chilstrom was carefully
guarded by his wife, but Pop
Stjernstrom was free to wink at
all the girls. To quote him, "A.s
long as I wink at fifty-two at one
time, I guess it is all right."
Milton Speas' entire family was
kept well-informed about the girls
as they traveled along.
Speaking of a man-power short-age—
two bachelors at Kiron had
to entertain five girls. Poor fel-lows,
they had room for ten.
Who was responsible for all the
rare discussions which were car-ried
on in the station wagon?
These fast Bethel girls—Six
girls took advantage of their posi-tion
at the back of the big bus to
write notes to five boys from At-lanta,
Georgia who drove along
right behind. Aren't you glad the
bus stopped so that you got a
chance to talk to the Southerners?
Not one important place in Chi-cago
was forgotten by June Lund-quist,
our sight-seeing guide. Eyes
became larger and necks were
craned as we passed Navy Pier.
Leo Lindberg quickly decided to
come back to Bethel next fall.
A mother's love never wanes for
her prodigals. As the weary and
dirty travelers came straggling in,
Mom Hademan greeted each with
a kiss. Why was Bob Daley in
line? Was he the prodigal son?
Thank you, nursy, for all the
wonderful backrubs. They helped
us to sleep later on Tuesday morn-ing.
If you want any further informa-tion
on the trip, we will be glad
to show you our albums of pic-tures.
Hold fast to your ideals. You
know what ideals have meant in
your own life. You have seen their
influences in your home, in the
lives of your comrades or teachers,
or in the life of the church. Cer-tain
ideals have been dear to you.
You have held to them, sacrificed
and labored for them. These ideals
will grow into habits, form cha r-acter.
They will stay with you
through life. The quality of your
ideals will determine the excel-lence
of your achievement.
Do not be discouraged if some-times
you fall short of your ideals.
They would not be ideals if they
did not make you reach with your
utmost strength. Some people may
tell you that you must do as the
world does. In many little things
of life, flexibility and adaptation
are necessary, but there are fund-amentals
which your own common
sense will reveal to you. Hold fast
to these ideals for yourself, your
home, and humanity.
Journal of National Education
Association
Edna Seestrom left our sunny
North country to go home to that
snow-infested Ashland, Wisconsin.
They don't know Spring has come
there, as it's still snowing.
Several of our members are
quite excited over the divided af-fections
of a new male student.
According to some of the tales,
he's already hooked, but we have
our doubts. We wonder where J.
W. fits in the picture ...
Last Friday night a group of
students were instructed in the
position of Jupiter at 10:30 P. M.,
or "When is a 30 degree angle not
a 30 degree angle?" or "Who was
that in the back seat?"
"I'm sty-ie eyed and vaguely dis-contented"
is Louise "Evil-eye"
Hansen's theme song.
We can't let this whole column
go by without a short word about
the joke played on Nurse Ericson
by the sem fellows ... John Agee
played the part well of a patient
with a fit, but honestly, fellows,
did you have to throw all those
laundry bags in the halls?
New decorations hai7e been ap-pearing
on all the doors in the
dorm. Also new decorations on
many of the, walls. The circus
theme in the Gates, Lundholm,
Vonesh home is attractive, as is
the decorative Easter 'basket with
all the hard-boiled eggs on it on
the rear of the Grenz, Nelson, An-derson
abode.
The Forsline automobile will
never be the same since Gladys
Carlson decided to drive it one
night. Poor Dick was somewhat
afraid that it would resemble that
wreck of Harold Dark's jacked up
over at the sem.
"It's love, love, love" might well
be the theme of Janet Carlson who
has been seeing quite a bit of Rus-sel
Voight these days.
Speaking of pairs, we especially
like the Newfelt-Larson combina-tion
... on roller skates.
Thirty girls signed out Friday
night for the roller rink. A good
time was had by all. Why not have
more of these all-school non-spon-sored
parties?
Margie Nelson had a tough time
of it last Saturday night ... one
whole hour of wet-treatment, all
because Janet Phillip's shower cap
was missing. Tut Tut.
Bette Mae does dishes every
night now ... she wouldn't stay In
her room when she was confined.
Wonder if that big new picture of
Dwight could have anything to do
with it ... or maybe it was because
of Eddie that she just couldn't stay
--
Must go to that super-duper
dorm meeting to see "Bunny"
Burgeson do her ballet of "After-noon
with a rabbit" or "Would you
like another Easter ... egg?"
Joke of the Week
Fraga: Vein var denna kvinna
som jag sag med ni i natt.
Svara: Det var ingen kvinna. Det
var min hustru.
Dorm Doin's
By "Chink"
Monk's Meditation
A monk once lived in a rude stone but on the mountainside where
he could see from his window the village on whose streets he had
played as a happy little boy. But it had been five years since he had
left his home and the hillside where he had cared for the cattle.
Wearing the cross and a long robe fastened with a cord about his
waist—the symbol of his order—he had entered into solitude, hoping
to'rid himsel of the burden of the poverty, sin, and shame which lurked
about him.
He had climbed the plateau, built his hut, and planted his garden,'
enjoying the sunrise and sunset as he listened to the birds and the
breezes. Ignorant of the world and the suffering of others, he read and
meditated and prayed. Thus he was content, and thus he grew strong.
Then one day he fell asleep and dreamed. He had just finished
reading the , story of calvary, and was so enthralled with that sad story
of the cross, that he knelt in prayer, and as he prayed he fell asleep.
He dreamed that he walked upon the road from earth to heaven. It was
dark at first and hard to travel. But as he traveled on it grew lighter,
and then beautiful with blossoming flowers.
At a turn in the road he met the Master. "0 Master," he cried,
kneeling at his feet, "Why didst Thou leave us? We need Thee so
sorely. Couldst Thou not have stayed?"
The Master answered, softly, "I finished the work I had to do."
"But the poverty and sin," said the monk, "are still with us. 0
Master, who can bear the burden of man's need?"
The Master smiled, "I share with those who love me the burden of
man's need. I left part of the burden for them."
"But Master," cried the monk, in sorrow and fear, as the Master
looked deep into his soul, "what if they fail thee?"
"Ah," said the Master of Men, "I am counting on those who love
me, and love never faileth."
The monk awoke. His dream had been so real, and the vision so
clear, that he gazed for some moments about the tiny room, and then
out into the moonlight. Later he sat down in silence to think. It had
been so quiet and comfortable; there had been time for worship and
thought. But the dream disturbed him.
Again he fell upon his knees and prayed. Then he arose, took off
his robe, and folding it neatly with the cross and beads laid it away
with mingled feelings of fear and hope he dressed in the clothes he had
worn when, as a young student, he had left his father's house. "Now,"
he said, softly, "I am one of them—His friends on whom He is count-ing."
Then he grasped his mountain stick and started down the trail.
And as he walked his look of fear changed to one of joy.
"I'm going back," he said aloud. "Back down into the midst of
problems that must be met and solved—down where life is hard, and
men must toil; down into the thick of the battle with selfishness and
greed; down into the midst of mad pleasure, where souls seek release
and find it not—into' homes where men and women struggle to be true
and fail. The Master has finished His part. Now He works through me.
I must not fail Him.
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Baseball Season Opens;
Team Reported Strong
Bethel College opened its 19-16 have been hitting the ball very
baseball season last Tuesday after- hard in practice sessions, and the
noon when it played a game with fielding of Picker, Bud Peterson,
Augsburg College. The game was Roy Nelson, and Earl Landsberg
played in the Parade Grounds at has been very good. The team is
Lyndale and Hennepin Ave. in expected to make a good showing
Minneapolis. The starting lineup this year.
for Bethel had Walter Eddy at
A schedule of nine games has
first base, Bob Picker at second, been arranged thus far. Augsburg,
Clarence Sahlin at shortstop, Bill
Hamline University, Concordia Col-
Peterson at third, Bob Daley in
lege, and Bethany Lutheran Col-left
field, Bud Peterson in Center, lege of Mankato have been con-
Russell Voight in right, Jim Rentz tacted for home series, and games
catching, and Bob Sandin pitching. might also be arranged with Luth-
Although final results of the er College of New Ulm.
game were not available when the
The schedule for the season fol-
Clarion was printed, Coach Paul
lows:
Edwards believes that this year's
nine will be stronger than that of
Bethany Luth. (there) Fri., Apr. 12
last year. Only a few of the 1945
Hamline (there) Tues., Apr. 16.
regulars are back, Sahlin, Eddy, Concordia (there) Wed., Apr. 24.
Sandin, and Peterson having seen
Bethany (here) Sat., May 4.
action last year, but several first- Concordia (here) Mon., May 13.
year men have been showing much Hamline (here)
promise both at the plate and in
Concordia (here) Tues., May 21.
the field. Rentz,- Voight, and Daley Augsburg (here)
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It wasn't so bad when they dug a crater in center field. Some
people felt that there would still be room in the center of the campus to
play baseball. You'd only need to move the backstop back to the side-walk,
and there would be plenty of playing space. But when they started
to tear up right field too, it became more evident than ever that Bethel
needs a new athletic field.
The school has obtained perfnission to use a diamond in Como Park
for home games, but the team must practice on the tiny patch of empty
space on this block, with mountains of dirt and piles of bricks cluttering
up the whole outfield. Obviously such a provision is entirely inadequate.
The school's facilities for basketball games are as insufficient, if
not more so, than those for baseball. Bethel's Athletic program has
always emphasized basketball, and several high-caliber teams have been
turned out. Accordingly, one would expect a fairly good gymnasium.
Yet the school's gym, to put it bluntly, is next to useless for anything,
other than the ever-present "four-horse." That's a strong statement,
but I believe it is true.
The length of our floor is just barely above the minimum required
by the rule book. In comparison with a normal college court, Bethel's
— floor is but a few feet longer than the others are wide. Our backboards
and baskets are not very solidly secured, and as a result they have not
the spring of ordinary rims—in other words, the baskets are "dead."
Seating arrangements are completely lacking. One can see the
game only if he comes early and gets a place next to the railing. There
is no time clock to show minutes-to-play, and the scoreboard is fre-quently
in error because it has no direct contact with the scorer's desk.
The balcony ",running track," which overhangs all four corners of the
floor, makes shooting from those spots out of the question.
The wooden walls of the gym have been split and broken, and the
splinters in the boards are a real hazard to the players. And the all-around
iffadequacy of the place makes free movement on the floor an
impossibility.
Such playing conditions not only limit the team's style on its own
floor, but are also a disadvantage away from home. Accustomed to
playing in cramped quarters and with dead rims, the players must adjust
themselves to the new court, and often the adjustment is so great that
it cannot be made before the game is lost.
Well, such conditions cannot be allowed to continue, especially with
the program of expansion that the school is pushing. The enrollment
next year is expected to exceed 400. A school with 400 students needs
a good deal of equipment to provide for that student body's physical
development. It needs far more equipment than Bethel has right now.
We must do something about this situation this year. If we don't at
least five months of work will be lost. We must begin the movement
for a new field house, and a new athletic field immediately. There are,
as of today, only six and a half- weeks until commencement exercises.
What are we waiting for? Let's get on the ball. Time's a'wastin'.
Pregunta: ?Quien fue ese mujer
que vio con Ud. noche pasado?
Contesta: '.Eso no fue una mujer,
fue la esposa de mia!

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Pre -View of Vet's Dorm
THE BETHEL CLARION
VOL. XXV—No. 7
Bethel Junior College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minn. -APRIL 12, 1946
Bethel Building Program Advances
Men's Dorm, Vet's Building
Take Shape on Campus
This week Bethel College and
Seminary has been holding a
"Deeper Life Week" with Rev.
John Linton,' outstanding preacher
and teacher as speaker. Rev. Lin-ton
has been speaking at chapel
services and evening prayer meet-ings
throughout the week, and will
bring his last message at the meet-ing
tonight. Maurice Lundh has
assisted as song leader at all of
the services.
Rev. Linton was born and raised
in Edinburgh, Scotland, and his
speech betrays his Scotch back-ground.
His wife was born in Eng-land,
and they now have their
home in Wheaton, Illinois. Rev.
Linton has been preaching in Tor-onto,
Canada, and will return there
after his stay in the Twin Cities.
He has written several books,
including "Walking on Water,"
"Tears in Heaven," "Devil's Bird
The Clarion is facing a problem
that comes up nearly every year.
Frankly stated, we have lost near-ly
all of our workers, and the jab
of publishing the paper is coming
to rest more and more on the
shoulders of a few individuals.
That works a hardship both on the
individuals, whose time and energy
is thus demanded and on the paper
itself, since it loses perspective
and life when a couple of students
try to print it alone.
I think as long as the school has
had a publication of this sort, its
editors have been crying for help.
On Monday and Tuesday, April
8 and 9, the Sunday School Cora-mission
of the Minnesota Baptist
Conference held a "School for the
Prophets" at Bethel Seminary.
Preachers, teachers, and pre-minis-terial
students were invited to at-tend
the school, the primary pur-pose
of which was to instruct pas-tors
in the art of visitation and
canvassing in a community.
Rev. Martin W. Samuelson of the
Bethel Baptist Church in Duluth,
and Rev. Ned Holmgren of the
Stanchfield Baptist Church were
the speakers at the school, each
man speaking four times during
the two days. Rev. Samuelson's
subject was "The Church in its
Cage," "Household Salvation," and
one on which he is still working,
"The Rapture."
The week of meetings was spon-sored
by the Religious Council of
the school.
If you were to go through the
files of former editions, you would
be surprised if not amused at the
regularity with which such appeals
appear. Every editor has had the
same trouble. Workers whom he
thinks to be faithful and true find
the business of publishing a paper
very uninteresting and drift away
to other activities. It happens ev-ery
year.
We are asking students who are
interested in newspaper work to
use whatever talents they may
have for the remainder of this
year. We intend to reorganize our
whole setup, with a view to mak-
Out-Reach in the Community."
Rev. Holmgren spoke on "The
Holy Spirit in the Book of Acts."
There were sessions Monday af-ternoon
and evening and Tuesday
morning and afternoon. The ses-sions
usually included a forty min-ute
message and twenty minutes
of discussion. The school was dis-missed
at four o'clock on Tuesday.
A program of visitation was actu-ally
carried on in this community
on Monday evening, under the dir-ection
of Harold Carlson, pastor
of the Snelling Avenue Baptist
Chapel.
On Wednesday, March 28, 1946,
faculty members, students and
friends of Bethel gathered on the
northeast corner of our campus to
witness t h e cornerstone-laying
ceremonies for the new boys' dor-mitory.
Dr. Carl J. Burton, presi-ing
the work of the staff as sys-tematic
as it ought to be. We at'e
asking you, for the good of the
paper, and because the job is too
large when handled by a few peo-ple,
to come in and help us. We
realize that most students have
rather full schedules, but take
time off for this service. If we
can efficiently divide the work
among many rather than among
a few, it will mean much less work
for each individual. The meeting
for re-organization will be held in
the Clarion office next Thursday
at 2:00 P. M.
Chorus Trip Cancelled
The Bethel Male Chorus' sched-uled
trip to the West Coast has
been cancelled, it was announced
last week by the group's president,
Warren Magnuson. The reasons
for the cancellation, said Magnu-son,
were numerous and compli-cated,
but the length of the tour
was the biggest factor. The trip
was to have covered a total of
nineteen days, and would have tak-en
the singers to about fifteen
churches in Washington and Ore-gon.
At the beginning of the spring
quarter, the chorus was reduced
to about half of its original size,
some of the men being ineligible
because of scholastic standing, and
others not desiring to miss the
amount of school-work that would
be necessitated 'by the trip.
dent of the school board, placed
a metal box in the cornerstone
containing a Scofield Bible, the
Standard, the Clarion, the minutes
of the last school board meeting,
a student directory, the Pioneer
Press headline: "Way Paved For
Atomic Power," the conference an-nual,
"Advance," and the College,
Seminary, and promotional bulle-tins.
The $100,000 structure will house
89 students and will be dedicated
during the Baptist General Confer-ence
of America which meets here
June 26-30. It will be ready for
occupancy next fall.
On Saturday of the same week
the contractors also began work
on the married couples', or veter-an's
apartment, which will be lo-cated
on Arona Ave. The structure,
which will contain thirty-two
apartments, will be two stories
high, with twelve apartments on
each floor and eight in the base-ment.
The apartments will be one-room
units with adjoining kitchen-ette
and bath, and each will be
completely furnished.
It is necessary that sixty per
cent of the occupants be ex-ser-vicemen
and their families. Res-ervations
for the apartment have
been practically all filled for the
fall of 1946.
B.W.A.Meeting
Set for Today
An Easter cantata entitled Be-cause
I Live will be presented at
the B. W. A. meeting on Friday,
Aprjl 12.
The girls taking part in this con-tata
are Lois Norberg, reader;
Ruth Rask, Marion Lund, Marion
Johnson, Jeam Hamlet, Deloris Er-ickson,
Annella Krueger, Myrtle
Krueger, Carol Peterson, Phyllis
Anderson and Grace Jorgenson,
singers.
The B. W. A. cabinet has ar-ranged
this very fine program.
Girls, let's all try to attend this
special Easter meeting.
Ruth Anderson and her commit-tee
are now planning the annual
formal B. W. A. banquet which will
be held on May 7th at 6:30 P. M.
in' the dining hall.
The group is making plans now
for a shorter concert tour of about
five days. It is also planned to
present a -number of isolated con-certs
between now and May 20.
Several of the members, who drop-ped
out of the chorus because of
the long west coast trip have now
returned to their former positions.
Dr. John Linton Speaks
At Deeper Life Week
eicihiefrt a•eA 74frtaktal
"School for the Prophets"
Meets at Seminary
CHRIST Is RISEN"
Page 2 THE BETHEL CLARION
John Ruskin, in one of his es-says,
points to a striking fact ,in
the production of works of art,
and particularly, of architecture.
Says he: "A nation cannot be
affected by any vice or weakness
without expressing it, legibly, and
forever, either in bad art, or by
want of art; and there is no na-tional
virtue, small or great, 'Which
is not manifestly expressed in all
the art which circumstances
able the people possessing that
virtue to produce." Again he says,
"If there is indeed sterling value
in the thing done, it has come of
sterling worth in the soul that did
it."
The principle enunciated by Rus-kin
may be called "The Unfailing
Harmony of Life." It declares the
certain correspondence between
man's inner and outer life. Inner
evil will manifest itself in outward
evil, and inner goodness will mani-fest
itself in outward goodness.
The Scriptures are clear in this
principle of the harmony of man's
inner and outer life. The Book of
Proverbs says : "As he thinketh
within himself, so is he," and,
"Keep thy heart with all diligence:
for out of it are the issues of life."
Jesus in rebuking the hypocritical
religionists of his day said, "Ye off-
"The Great Father above is a
Shepherd Chief. I am His and with
Him I want not. ,
"He throws out to me a rope,
and the name of the rope is LOVE.
"He draws me, and He dray.- s
me, and He draws me to where
the grass is green and the water
is not dangerous; and I eat and
lie down satisfied.
"Sometimes my heart is very
weak and falls down, but He lifts
it up again and draws me into a
good road. His name is Wonder-ful.
"Sometime, it may be very soon,
it may be longer, it may be a long,
long time, He will draw me into a
place between mountains. It is
dark there, but I will not draw
back. I will not be afraid, for it is
spring of vipers, how can ye, being
evil, speak good things? For out
of the abundance of the heart the
mouth speaketh. The good man out
of his good treasure bringeth forth
good things: and the evil man out
of his evil treasure bringeth forth
evil things."
One may attempt to put on an
attractive and virtuous exterior,
while ugliness and vice rule with-in,
but he is deceiving no one
as much as himself. The mold of
inner motive and aspiration has an
irresistible way of stamping itself
upon the outward expression of
life.
An appreciation of the applica-tion
of this principle in our indi-vidual
lives will convince us of
the importance of heeding the ad-monition
: "Be not conformed to
this world, but be ye transformed
by the renewing of your mind."
A life becomes strong and beauti-ful
and virtuous from within, and
then only when the center of life
is Christ. "Christ liveth in me."
That is the secret of outward love-liness
and strength.
Jesus the Light of the World,
Jesus the Light of the world!
May His Light by my Light, --
So others may see
Jesus the Light of the world.
in there between these mountains
that the Shepherd Chief will meet
me, and the hunger I have felt. in
my heart all through this life will
be satisfied.
"Sometimes He makes the love
rope into a whip, but afterwards
He gives me a staff to lean on.
"He spreads a table before me
with all kinds of food. He puts
His hands upon my head and all
the 'tired' is gone. My cup He
fills it till it runs over.
"What I tell you is true, I lie
not. These roads that are 'Away
ahead' will stay with me through
this life; and afterward I will go
to live in the 'Big Tepee' and sit
down with the Shepherd Chief for-ever."
Now upon the first day of the
week, very early in the morning,
they came unto the sepulchre,
bringing spices ... with them. And
they found the stone rolled away
from the sepulchre. And they en-tered
in, and found not the body
of the Lord Jesus. And it came
to pass, as they were much per-plexed
thereabout, behold, two
How true it is that "the meaning
of life to you and me depends upon
how far we see."
We are told of a wealthy young
man who kept a stable of thor-ough-
bred horses and whose hobby
was to train young horses for the
races, though he himself, knew
very little about the business.
An older man who had spent a
life-time with horses warned the
young man that the horses he had
chosen would never make the
tracks.
The older man then pointed out
a young horse and said, "Now,
this one will make a racer."
"How do you know?" questioned
the younger man.
"You can tell by the eyes. Note
that this horse has a far-away look
in his eyes. Here is your race
horse. You have there that which
betokens vision of a distant goal,
and that vision is usually identi-fied
also with a deepseated deter-mination
and subsequent prog-ress."
Said Phillip Brooks to those high
school boys in Boston: "What kind
of men do you want to be at forty?
Do you want to be intelligent and
well read? Do you want to be
strong in character, honest and
trustworthy? Do you want to be
kind and benevolent? Have you
drawn the picture?
"Very well, begin now to be that
kind of man—or you will not be
be that kind of man at forty."
Moses' marvelous success and
leadership was all due to the vis-ion
of the unseen—"For he en-men
stood by them in shining gar-ments.
And as they were afraid ...
they said unto them, "Why seek ye
the living among the dead? He is
not here, but is risen: remember
how he spake unto you ... saying,
`The Son of man must be delivered
into the hands of sinful men, and
be crucified, and the third day
rise again.
dured as seeing Him who is in-visible."
And that is true of every
genuinely successful person today.
There must be "a light that never
yet was seen on sea or land" if
the deep spirit of man is to thrive
—forward.
"Not of the sunlight,
Not of the moonlight,
Not of the starlight,
0, young mariner,
Down to the haven,
Call your companions,
Launch your vessel,
Crowd the canvas,
And over the margin,
Ere it vanishes—
After it, follow it,
Follow the gleam."
The Harmony of Life
By Prof Reuben Omark
Indian's 2 3rd Psalm
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Hold Fast to Ideals
While on the bus, Nell Larson
brushed her teeth after a mid-morning
snack.
Jackie and Grace were really
studying. Well, at least they had
their books open. Mr. Archerd,
please take note!
Marjorie Erickson was o r
Thursday morning chapel speaker.
Her topic was Why I am Interest-ed
in Missions in India. Special
music for this impressive service
was furnished by Donella and
Petie who played I'm Popeye the
Sailor Man.
Vannie Hedstrom was seen put-ting
up her hair as she walked
down main street in Lytton, Iowa.
Girls—your mothers didn't give
you permission to hitch-hike even
if the bus did get a flat tire.
Gladys Carlson, perched on top
of the front seat, led the girls in
their Thursday afternoon chorus
rehearsal.
Bill Haring held the most en-vied
position of handsome escort
for fifty girls. Firemen and Chi-cago
wolves wanted to trade, but
we're glad Bill didn't.
Glenn Chilstrom was carefully
guarded by his wife, but Pop
Stjernstrom was free to wink at
all the girls. To quote him, "A.s
long as I wink at fifty-two at one
time, I guess it is all right."
Milton Speas' entire family was
kept well-informed about the girls
as they traveled along.
Speaking of a man-power short-age—
two bachelors at Kiron had
to entertain five girls. Poor fel-lows,
they had room for ten.
Who was responsible for all the
rare discussions which were car-ried
on in the station wagon?
These fast Bethel girls—Six
girls took advantage of their posi-tion
at the back of the big bus to
write notes to five boys from At-lanta,
Georgia who drove along
right behind. Aren't you glad the
bus stopped so that you got a
chance to talk to the Southerners?
Not one important place in Chi-cago
was forgotten by June Lund-quist,
our sight-seeing guide. Eyes
became larger and necks were
craned as we passed Navy Pier.
Leo Lindberg quickly decided to
come back to Bethel next fall.
A mother's love never wanes for
her prodigals. As the weary and
dirty travelers came straggling in,
Mom Hademan greeted each with
a kiss. Why was Bob Daley in
line? Was he the prodigal son?
Thank you, nursy, for all the
wonderful backrubs. They helped
us to sleep later on Tuesday morn-ing.
If you want any further informa-tion
on the trip, we will be glad
to show you our albums of pic-tures.
Hold fast to your ideals. You
know what ideals have meant in
your own life. You have seen their
influences in your home, in the
lives of your comrades or teachers,
or in the life of the church. Cer-tain
ideals have been dear to you.
You have held to them, sacrificed
and labored for them. These ideals
will grow into habits, form cha r-acter.
They will stay with you
through life. The quality of your
ideals will determine the excel-lence
of your achievement.
Do not be discouraged if some-times
you fall short of your ideals.
They would not be ideals if they
did not make you reach with your
utmost strength. Some people may
tell you that you must do as the
world does. In many little things
of life, flexibility and adaptation
are necessary, but there are fund-amentals
which your own common
sense will reveal to you. Hold fast
to these ideals for yourself, your
home, and humanity.
Journal of National Education
Association
Edna Seestrom left our sunny
North country to go home to that
snow-infested Ashland, Wisconsin.
They don't know Spring has come
there, as it's still snowing.
Several of our members are
quite excited over the divided af-fections
of a new male student.
According to some of the tales,
he's already hooked, but we have
our doubts. We wonder where J.
W. fits in the picture ...
Last Friday night a group of
students were instructed in the
position of Jupiter at 10:30 P. M.,
or "When is a 30 degree angle not
a 30 degree angle?" or "Who was
that in the back seat?"
"I'm sty-ie eyed and vaguely dis-contented"
is Louise "Evil-eye"
Hansen's theme song.
We can't let this whole column
go by without a short word about
the joke played on Nurse Ericson
by the sem fellows ... John Agee
played the part well of a patient
with a fit, but honestly, fellows,
did you have to throw all those
laundry bags in the halls?
New decorations hai7e been ap-pearing
on all the doors in the
dorm. Also new decorations on
many of the, walls. The circus
theme in the Gates, Lundholm,
Vonesh home is attractive, as is
the decorative Easter 'basket with
all the hard-boiled eggs on it on
the rear of the Grenz, Nelson, An-derson
abode.
The Forsline automobile will
never be the same since Gladys
Carlson decided to drive it one
night. Poor Dick was somewhat
afraid that it would resemble that
wreck of Harold Dark's jacked up
over at the sem.
"It's love, love, love" might well
be the theme of Janet Carlson who
has been seeing quite a bit of Rus-sel
Voight these days.
Speaking of pairs, we especially
like the Newfelt-Larson combina-tion
... on roller skates.
Thirty girls signed out Friday
night for the roller rink. A good
time was had by all. Why not have
more of these all-school non-spon-sored
parties?
Margie Nelson had a tough time
of it last Saturday night ... one
whole hour of wet-treatment, all
because Janet Phillip's shower cap
was missing. Tut Tut.
Bette Mae does dishes every
night now ... she wouldn't stay In
her room when she was confined.
Wonder if that big new picture of
Dwight could have anything to do
with it ... or maybe it was because
of Eddie that she just couldn't stay
--
Must go to that super-duper
dorm meeting to see "Bunny"
Burgeson do her ballet of "After-noon
with a rabbit" or "Would you
like another Easter ... egg?"
Joke of the Week
Fraga: Vein var denna kvinna
som jag sag med ni i natt.
Svara: Det var ingen kvinna. Det
var min hustru.
Dorm Doin's
By "Chink"
Monk's Meditation
A monk once lived in a rude stone but on the mountainside where
he could see from his window the village on whose streets he had
played as a happy little boy. But it had been five years since he had
left his home and the hillside where he had cared for the cattle.
Wearing the cross and a long robe fastened with a cord about his
waist—the symbol of his order—he had entered into solitude, hoping
to'rid himsel of the burden of the poverty, sin, and shame which lurked
about him.
He had climbed the plateau, built his hut, and planted his garden,'
enjoying the sunrise and sunset as he listened to the birds and the
breezes. Ignorant of the world and the suffering of others, he read and
meditated and prayed. Thus he was content, and thus he grew strong.
Then one day he fell asleep and dreamed. He had just finished
reading the , story of calvary, and was so enthralled with that sad story
of the cross, that he knelt in prayer, and as he prayed he fell asleep.
He dreamed that he walked upon the road from earth to heaven. It was
dark at first and hard to travel. But as he traveled on it grew lighter,
and then beautiful with blossoming flowers.
At a turn in the road he met the Master. "0 Master," he cried,
kneeling at his feet, "Why didst Thou leave us? We need Thee so
sorely. Couldst Thou not have stayed?"
The Master answered, softly, "I finished the work I had to do."
"But the poverty and sin," said the monk, "are still with us. 0
Master, who can bear the burden of man's need?"
The Master smiled, "I share with those who love me the burden of
man's need. I left part of the burden for them."
"But Master," cried the monk, in sorrow and fear, as the Master
looked deep into his soul, "what if they fail thee?"
"Ah," said the Master of Men, "I am counting on those who love
me, and love never faileth."
The monk awoke. His dream had been so real, and the vision so
clear, that he gazed for some moments about the tiny room, and then
out into the moonlight. Later he sat down in silence to think. It had
been so quiet and comfortable; there had been time for worship and
thought. But the dream disturbed him.
Again he fell upon his knees and prayed. Then he arose, took off
his robe, and folding it neatly with the cross and beads laid it away
with mingled feelings of fear and hope he dressed in the clothes he had
worn when, as a young student, he had left his father's house. "Now,"
he said, softly, "I am one of them—His friends on whom He is count-ing."
Then he grasped his mountain stick and started down the trail.
And as he walked his look of fear changed to one of joy.
"I'm going back," he said aloud. "Back down into the midst of
problems that must be met and solved—down where life is hard, and
men must toil; down into the thick of the battle with selfishness and
greed; down into the midst of mad pleasure, where souls seek release
and find it not—into' homes where men and women struggle to be true
and fail. The Master has finished His part. Now He works through me.
I must not fail Him.
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Baseball Season Opens;
Team Reported Strong
Bethel College opened its 19-16 have been hitting the ball very
baseball season last Tuesday after- hard in practice sessions, and the
noon when it played a game with fielding of Picker, Bud Peterson,
Augsburg College. The game was Roy Nelson, and Earl Landsberg
played in the Parade Grounds at has been very good. The team is
Lyndale and Hennepin Ave. in expected to make a good showing
Minneapolis. The starting lineup this year.
for Bethel had Walter Eddy at
A schedule of nine games has
first base, Bob Picker at second, been arranged thus far. Augsburg,
Clarence Sahlin at shortstop, Bill
Hamline University, Concordia Col-
Peterson at third, Bob Daley in
lege, and Bethany Lutheran Col-left
field, Bud Peterson in Center, lege of Mankato have been con-
Russell Voight in right, Jim Rentz tacted for home series, and games
catching, and Bob Sandin pitching. might also be arranged with Luth-
Although final results of the er College of New Ulm.
game were not available when the
The schedule for the season fol-
Clarion was printed, Coach Paul
lows:
Edwards believes that this year's
nine will be stronger than that of
Bethany Luth. (there) Fri., Apr. 12
last year. Only a few of the 1945
Hamline (there) Tues., Apr. 16.
regulars are back, Sahlin, Eddy, Concordia (there) Wed., Apr. 24.
Sandin, and Peterson having seen
Bethany (here) Sat., May 4.
action last year, but several first- Concordia (here) Mon., May 13.
year men have been showing much Hamline (here)
promise both at the plate and in
Concordia (here) Tues., May 21.
the field. Rentz,- Voight, and Daley Augsburg (here)
JOKES OF THE WEEK
Question: Qu'est que dame que je
vous vais heir soir?
Response: Elle n'est pas une dame
Elle est ma femme.
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THE LOST DIAMOND
It wasn't so bad when they dug a crater in center field. Some
people felt that there would still be room in the center of the campus to
play baseball. You'd only need to move the backstop back to the side-walk,
and there would be plenty of playing space. But when they started
to tear up right field too, it became more evident than ever that Bethel
needs a new athletic field.
The school has obtained perfnission to use a diamond in Como Park
for home games, but the team must practice on the tiny patch of empty
space on this block, with mountains of dirt and piles of bricks cluttering
up the whole outfield. Obviously such a provision is entirely inadequate.
The school's facilities for basketball games are as insufficient, if
not more so, than those for baseball. Bethel's Athletic program has
always emphasized basketball, and several high-caliber teams have been
turned out. Accordingly, one would expect a fairly good gymnasium.
Yet the school's gym, to put it bluntly, is next to useless for anything,
other than the ever-present "four-horse." That's a strong statement,
but I believe it is true.
The length of our floor is just barely above the minimum required
by the rule book. In comparison with a normal college court, Bethel's
— floor is but a few feet longer than the others are wide. Our backboards
and baskets are not very solidly secured, and as a result they have not
the spring of ordinary rims—in other words, the baskets are "dead."
Seating arrangements are completely lacking. One can see the
game only if he comes early and gets a place next to the railing. There
is no time clock to show minutes-to-play, and the scoreboard is fre-quently
in error because it has no direct contact with the scorer's desk.
The balcony ",running track," which overhangs all four corners of the
floor, makes shooting from those spots out of the question.
The wooden walls of the gym have been split and broken, and the
splinters in the boards are a real hazard to the players. And the all-around
iffadequacy of the place makes free movement on the floor an
impossibility.
Such playing conditions not only limit the team's style on its own
floor, but are also a disadvantage away from home. Accustomed to
playing in cramped quarters and with dead rims, the players must adjust
themselves to the new court, and often the adjustment is so great that
it cannot be made before the game is lost.
Well, such conditions cannot be allowed to continue, especially with
the program of expansion that the school is pushing. The enrollment
next year is expected to exceed 400. A school with 400 students needs
a good deal of equipment to provide for that student body's physical
development. It needs far more equipment than Bethel has right now.
We must do something about this situation this year. If we don't at
least five months of work will be lost. We must begin the movement
for a new field house, and a new athletic field immediately. There are,
as of today, only six and a half- weeks until commencement exercises.
What are we waiting for? Let's get on the ball. Time's a'wastin'.
Pregunta: ?Quien fue ese mujer
que vio con Ud. noche pasado?
Contesta: '.Eso no fue una mujer,
fue la esposa de mia!